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Nope not sold on him at all......he has athleticism sure but then again so does Joel Anthony and he's a better defender than Williams. Not much of an upgrade.

Harrellson might not be the best option out there, but he's certainly better than we could've gotten. K-Mart will not come here if he isn't willing to play less minutes and I feel Birdman would be the same way, but to a much lesser extent.

Well it's about alleviating our big guns at this point so bron wade and bosh are fresh for the playoffs. Adding Ray Allen alone made this an A+ offseason.

Exactly...I don't know why everytime someone says I'd like "Milicic...Birdman...KMart...Harrellson...Blat che" Heat posters have to jump all over them and say "Oh they SUCK! They'll never see any minutes...You know nothing about basketball" We ALL KNOW THAT already...As Stebo stated adding someone like Harrellson will help spell Bosh minutes from playing center, besides he's young, and infusing some end of the bench energy could be considered a healthy idea. Having these younger players learning from this championship team could produce dividends on down the line, even if only slightly. This all aside from the fact that adding size is important.

Exactly...I don't know why everytime someone says I'd like "Milicic...Birdman...KMart...Harrellson...Blat che" Heat posters have to jump all over them and say "Oh they SUCK! They'll never see any minutes...You know nothing about basketball" We ALL KNOW THAT already...As Stebo stated adding someone like Harrellson will help spell Bosh minutes from playing center, besides he's young, and infusing some end of the bench energy could be considered a healthy idea. Having these younger players learning from this championship team could produce dividends on down the line, even if only slightly. This all aside from the fact that adding size is important.

And to add to that, I'm sure yourself and every other heat fan in here would rather see Joel Anthony come off the bench, and Pittman/Curry gone at this point. If "pace and space" is going to be our staple, then there's no reason for us to have a liability on offense out there. I have a "strong" feeling Harrellson will make this team, and if he does inserting him into the starting lineup is the best way to go for the regular season. He's not a savior by any means, but it would be a plus for us because.......

1) Harrellson can at least shoot the ball and bang down low with the stronger centers in the league sans Dwight

2) It would really keep Bosh from playing excess Center minutes, which in turn would keep LeBron from too much minutes at the 4.

3) It strengthens our bench [we'd have Battier, Allen(still can't believe we got this guy), Joel, Cole, Haslem all coming off our bench]. This after everyone and their mothers were *****ing about how we can't get quality players with the money we've spent for the Big Three.

I really question if some of you guys really understanding how taxing it is on the body to play out of position down low, even for LeBron whose as strong as it gets at the SF position. And Bosh is what he is, a finesse "4". He's not a center. Sure he can play the 5 in spots, but it's best to keep him at PF for an 82 regular season.